Escherichia coli strains lacking protein HU are UV sensitive due to a role for HU in homologous recombination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3750-3756

  Li, Shisheng ^a   Waters, Raymond ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031858092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3750-3756.1998     Document Type: Article

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